Checkrein attachment.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. A. MQGOMBS.

GHEGKREIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1904.

WITNESSES 0/ W fi ATTORNEYS- UNITED srn ns JAMES A. MCCOMBS, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHECKREIN ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1906.

Application filed January 2, 1904. Serial No. 187,586.

To LI/ZZ whom it 727/(7/Z/ concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. MoCoMBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at the village of Port Chester, in the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Checkrein Attachment, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to checkrein attachments which are adapted for use in connection with overdraw or side checkreins; and the object thereof is to provide a device of this kind which is simple in construc tion and operation and bymeans of which a checkrein may be connected with the saddle-hook of a harness in such manner that a horse will be unable to uncheck or unfasten or detach the checkrein by jerking, shaking, or swinging his head, but which may be easily detached by hand whenever desired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a flexible strap which I employ in the construction of my improved checkrein attachment; Fig. 2, a bot tom plan view of the attachment complete; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing one end of the attachment folded as when in use, and Fig. 4 a side view of the attachment complete and showing it connected with the saddlehook of a harness.

In the practice of my invention I provide a strap a, provided adjacent to one endthe right-hand end, as shown in Fig. 1with a' hole a and at the opposite end or adjacent thereto with a corresponding hole a, and about one-third of the length of the strap from the hole a with another hole a similar to the holes a and a I also provide a ring, link, or similar device I), which may be any desired shape or form, and in practice the longer end a of the strap a is passed through the ring I) and folded over that part of said strap in which the hole a is formed, so that said hole a and the hole a will register, as shown in Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive, and the end portion a of the strap is then stitched to that part of the strap in which the hole a is formed, as shown at c in Fig. 2, or the end portion a of the strap may be secured to that part of the strap in which the hole a is formed in any desired manner, and when this is done the attachment is complete and ready for use.

In using this device the checkrein is passed through the ring, link, or similar device I) and secured thereto, and in connecting the attachment with the hook d of the saddle d of the harness, as shown in Fig. 4, the end a of the strap in which the hole a is formed is folded downwardly and over those portions of the strap in which the holes a and a are formed and as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and the attaching device is manipulated so as to pass the saddle-hook of the harness through the holes a of, and a after which the end portion a of the strap may be pressed downwardly by the thumb and finger until it touches the bottom of the hook or the saddleseat and is at an angle to the body portion of the attachment, as shown in Fig. 4, and when the attachment has thus been connected with the saddle-hook of the harness it cannot be detached by any effort made by the horse or by the twitching, jerking, shaking, or swinging of the horses head; but said attachment may be easily detached from the saddle-hook whenever desired.

The strap a may be made either of leather, deer or goat skin, or rawhide or any other suitable material, but is preferably made of such material as will give it more or less stiffness and elasticity, so as to enable the end portion a thereof to operate in the saddlehook, as hereinbefore described, and in practice the strap a is preferably made narrower between the holes a and a and between the holes a and a than at the points where said holes are formed, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Having fully described my invention,what 9 5 I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A checkrein attachment designed to connect a checkrein with the saddle-hook of a harness, comprising a strap having three holes formed therein longitudinally thereof and two of which are adjacent to the opposite ends thereof and the other intermediate of said ends, and a ring or link device through which one of the ends of the strap is passed and folded so that the hole therein will register with the intermediate hole in the strap, said end portion of the strap and the intermediate portion of the strap being secured together, the saddle-hook being adapted to be passed through the hole in the other end of the strap and through the said registering holes, substantially as shown and described.

2. A checkrein attachment designed to connect a checkrein with the saddle-hook of a harness, comprising a strap having three holes formed therein longitudinally thereof and two of which are adjacent to the opposite ends thereof and the other intermediate of said ends, and a ring or link device through which one of the ends of the strap is assed and folded so that the hole therein wil register with the intermediate hole in the strap, said end portion of the strap and the intermediateportion of the strap being secured together, and the saddle-hook being adapted to be passed through the hole in the other end of the strap and through the said registering holes, and said last-named end of the strap being adapted to be bent at an angle to the intermediate portion thereof, substantially as shown and described.

3. A checkrein attachment adapted to be I connected with a checkrein and to connect the checkrein with the saddle-hook of a harness, comprising a ring or link device, a strap one end of which is passed through said ring or link device and folded over and secured to the intermediate portion thereof, the folded end portion of the strap and the intermediate portion being provided with holes which register, and the opposite end portion of the strap being also provided with a hole, said last-named end portion being bent at an angle to the intermediate portion in connecting the attachment to the saddle-hook, and the saddle-hook being passed through the hole in said last-named end portion and through the holes in the first-named end portion and in termediate portion, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. MGCOMBS.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. FosHAY, ARTHUR M. A. KANE. 

